On January 10, the Ministry of Public Security held a press conference, and the spokesperson of the Ministry of Public Security, Zhang Ming, introduced the issue of telecommunications network fraud involving China in northern Myanmar, which has attracted the attention of all walks of life. Since the deployment of a special task to combat telecommunications network fraud crimes involving China in northern Myanmar in July 2023, the Ministry of Public Security has relied on the China-Myanmar law enforcement and security cooperation mechanism to direct public security organs in Yunnan, Zhejiang and other places to jointly fight and fully carry out case investigation. By the end of 2024, a total of more than 53,000 Chinese suspects of fraud had been arrested, and the notorious "Four Families" criminal group in Kokang, northern Myanmar had been completely destroyed. The large-scale electronic fraud park in northern Myanmar near the border with China has been completely eradicated. The special work has achieved significant phased results, leading to a significant decline in the number of telecommunications network fraud cases and losses nationwide. At present, the cases of the "Four Families" criminal group have gradually entered the litigation stage.

Pump Science announced on the X platform that it has begun airdropping 2.5 million BIO tokens to RIF and URO holders.

According to the official announcement of Binance, BNSOL Super Staking will launch the fifth phase of the project - Renzo (REZ), a re-staking protocol on Ethereum and Solana chains. From 08:00 on January 13, 2025 to 07:59 on February 1, 2025 (Eastern Time 8), users who hold BNSOL in their Binance accounts and Binance wallets, or stake SOL to BNSOL, will receive REZ APR Boost airdrop rewards. REZ APR Boost airdrop rewards are additional token airdrops provided on top of the Binance SOL staking base annualized interest rate, providing users with a higher rate of return. REZ APR Boost airdrop rewards can be collected around 13:30 (Eastern Time 8) every day starting from January 14, 2025.

In October 2024, the ScaleBit security team under BitsLab discovered a vulnerability in the Uniswap iOS wallet, named "Unauthorized access to mnemonics". The vulnerability allows attackers with physical access to the device to bypass the wallet's authentication mechanism and directly access the mnemonics stored in the device.

"I am a supporter of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, I think they are great," said former British Prime Minister Liz Truss.

South Korean crypto exchange Bithumb will list SONIC, SAFE and AHT in the Korean won market.

Theta, a decentralized streaming platform, released its 2025 roadmap. The first half of 2025 will focus on launching EdgeCloud's hybrid cloud edge architecture in June and expanding the rapidly growing edge network. This version will fully support distributed edge architecture across devices, regions, and configurations, with the ability to prioritize and opt out of specific job types and analyze completed jobs. A developer API interface will also be released to provide developers with the tools they need to develop efficiently on EdgeCloud. Other major features will be launched based on the needs of current EdgeCloud customers, such as persistent storage, GPU node upgrades, and on-demand API access to AI models. These features, together with the beta version of the AI Agents platform, will automatically use AI models through autonomous interactions on the chain to achieve a large number of use cases and encourage customers to continue to adopt them in key target areas such as academia, private enterprises, professional sports, and e-sports.

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Paolo Ardoino, CEO of Tether, said on the X platform: “I will be speaking at the Italian AI Week in May and will be presenting the latest progress on Tether’s AI strategy, which is completely focused on individual freedom of expression and financial freedom, open source, peer-to-peer technology, and privacy protection.

Russia has begun selling bitcoins it seized in its 2023 investigation into the Infraud hacker group. The move suggests Moscow is looking to convert more than 1,000 bitcoins into fiat currency. Russia's official news agency TASS confirmed the development, saying Moscow will start by selling nearly $10 million worth of bitcoins seized from former Russian Investigative Committee investigator Marat Tambiev.

The UK Treasury has amended the Financial Services and Markets Act (FSMA), which will come into effect on January 31, excluding cryptocurrency staking from the classification of collective investment schemes. Under this change, staking ETH and SOL will only be considered a blockchain verification process and will no longer be subject to regulatory requirements applicable to collective investment schemes. Previously, due to vague regulatory definitions, staking was at risk of being classified as traditional collective investment tools, which are subject to stricter FSMA regulations.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin wrote on the X platform that if AI is used incorrectly, it will create a new type of independent self-replicating intelligent life. If AI is used correctly, it will be a mechanical armor built for human thinking. If we only achieve the former but not the latter, humans will face the risk of losing power forever. If we achieve the latter, we will usher in a prosperous super-intelligent human civilization.